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Starting the Installation Program

The following sections describe how to start the installation program on Windows and UNIX platforms:

 

Before You Start

Before you start installing the software, please review the following information:

 

Starting the Installation Program on Windows

The following sections describe how to start the installation program on a Windows platform:

Note: If you are installing the software on a Windows system that supports more than one monitor, you must disable all but one monitor before starting the installation program.

Starting in Graphical Mode

To start the installation program in graphical-mode on a Windows platform, follow these steps:

  1. Log in to the Windows system.
  2. Go to the directory where you have downloaded the installation program.
  3. Complete the following steps as necessary.

    4. If you are installing from . . .
    Perform the following action . . .
    Web download
    Go to the directory where you downloaded the installation program.
    DVD
    1. Insert the software DVD into the DVD drive.
    2. If the installation program does not start automatically, open Windows Explorer, and double-click the DVD icon.
    3. Navigate to the folder for the Windows installation.

  4. Double-click the installation file.

    5. For example, the name of the installation program for WebLogic Platform is platform1020_win32.exe.

    The installation program begins to install the software.

  5. Proceed to Running the Installation Program in Graphical Mode.

Starting in Console Mode

To start the installation program in console-mode on a Windows platform, follow these steps:

  1. Log in to the target Windows system.
  2. Complete the appropriate according to the following table:

    3. If you are installing from . . .
    Perform the following action . . .
    Web download
    1. Open a command prompt window.
    2. Go to the directory where you downloaded the installation program.
    DVD
    1. Insert the software DVD into the DVD drive.

    Note: If autorun is enabled, the installation program may start automatically in graphical mode. You must exit the installation program to run console-mode installation.

    1. Open a command prompt window.
    2. Go to the DVD directory and navigate to the folder for the Windows installation program.

  3. Launch the installation by entering the name of the installation program.

    4. For example, to launch the installation of WebLogic Platform in console mode, enter platform1020_win32.exe -mode=console

    Note: You can include the -log=full_path_to_log_file option in the command line to create a verbose installation log.
    Note: For example, for WebLogic Platform, enter: platform1020_win32.exe -mode=console -log=C:\logs\server_install.log
    Note: For more information, see Generating a Verbose Installation Log.

    After a few moments, a BEA Installer window opens, and the installation program begins to install the software.

  4. Proceed to Running the Installation Program in Console Mode.

Starting in Silent Mode

For information about silent-mode installation, see What Is Silent-Mode Installation?.

To start the installation program in silent-mode on a Windows platform, follow these steps:

  1. Log in to the Windows system.
  2. Create a silent.xml file that defines the configuration settings normally entered by a user during an interactive installation process, such as graphical-mode or console-mode installation. For information about creating a silent.xml file, see Creating a silent.xml File for Silent-Mode Installation.
    3. Note: Incorrect entries in the silent.xml file can cause installation failures. To help you determine the cause of a failure, we recommend that you create a log file when you start the installation.
  3. Complete the following steps as necessary.

    4. If you are installing from . . .
    Perform the following action . . .
    Web download
    1. Open a command prompt window.
    2. Go to the directory where you downloaded the installation program.
    DVD
    1. Insert the software DVD into the DVD drive.
    2. Open a command prompt window.
    3. Go to the DVD directory and navigate to the folder for the Windows installation program.

  4. For example, to launch the installation of WebLogic Platform, enter platform1020_win32.exe -mode=silent -silent_xml=path_to_silent.xml

    5. Here, path_to_silent.xml is the full pathname of the silent.xml file.

    Note: You can include the -log=full_path_to_log_file option in the command line to create a verbose installation log.
    Note: For example, for WebLogic Platform: platform1020_win32.exe -mode=silent -silent_xml=C:\silent.xml -log=C:\logs\server_install.log
    Note: For more information, see Generating a Verbose Installation Log.

    A BEA Installer window is displayed, indicating that the files are being extracted. No other prompt or text is displayed.

    For more information, see Running the Installation Program in Silent Mode.

 

Starting the Installation Program on UNIX Platforms

The BEA Products installation program requires a Java run-time environment (JRE) to run. A JRE is bundled in the Windows installation program, and in some UNIX installation programs (those with filenames ending in .bin). For other UNIX platforms, the installation program does not include a JRE. Filenames for these installation programs end in .jar. To run the .jar installation programs, you must have an appropriate version of a JDK installed on your system, and include the bin directory of the JDK at the beginning of your PATH system variable.

Notes: It is important that you use a JDK because the installation process assigns values to JAVA_HOME and related variables to point to this directory. All scripts installed by your installation program use this JDK by default, including scripts to start sample applications, the Configuration Wizard, and other development tools.
Note: To run graphical-mode installation, your console must support Java-based GUIs. If the installation program determines that your system cannot support Java-based GUIs, it automatically starts running in console mode. For more information, see Running the Installation Program in Console Mode.

Using Installers with Filenames Ending in .bin

The following sections describe how to start the installation program on UNIX platforms, using filenames that end in .bin:

Starting Graphical-Mode Installation

To start the graphical-mode installation process for installation files with names ending in .bin, follow these steps:

  1. Log in to the target UNIX system.
  2. Complete the following steps as necessary.

    3. If you are installing from . . .
    Perform the following action . . .
    Web download
    Go to the directory where you downloaded the installation program.
    DVD
    1. Insert the software DVD into the DVD drive, and go to the DVD directory.
    2. Navigate to the directory that contains the installation program for your platform.

  3. Launch the installation by entering the following commands:

    4. chmod a+x <filename.bin>
    ./    <filename.bin>

    In these commands, filename.bin is the name of your installation program. For example, for WebLogic Platform, the file name is: platform1020_solaris32.bin.

    Note: You can include the -log=full_path_to_log_file option in the command line to create a verbose installation log.
    Note: For example, for WebLogic Platform: platform1020_solaris32.bin -log=/home/logs/BEA_install.log
    Note: For more information, see Generating a Verbose Installation Log.
    Note: The installation program begins to install the software.
  4. Proceed to Running the Installation Program in Graphical Mode.

Starting Console-Mode Installation

To start the console-mode installation process for installation files with names ending in .bin, follow these steps:

  1. Log in to the target UNIX system.
  2. Complete the following steps as necessary.

    3. If you are installing from . . .
    Perform the following action . . .
    Web download
    Go to the directory where you downloaded the installation program.
    DVD
    1. Insert the software DVD into the DVD drive and go to the DVD directory.
    2. Navigate to the directory that contains the installation program for your platform.

  3. Launch the installation by entering the following command:

    4. chmod a+x <filename.bin>
    ./    <filename.bin> -mode=console

    Here filename.bin is the name of your installation program. For example, for WebLogic Platform: platform1020_solaris32.bin.

    Note: You can include the -log=full_path_to_log_file option in the command line to create a verbose installation log.
    Note: For example, for WebLogic Platform, enter: platform1020_solaris32.bin -mode=console -log=/home/logs/BEA_install.log
    Note: For more information, see Generating a Verbose Installation Log.
  4. Proceed to Running the Installation Program in Console Mode.

Starting Silent-Mode Installation

For details about silent-mode installation, see What Is Silent-Mode Installation?.

To start the silent-mode installation process for installation files with names ending in .bin, follow these steps:

  1. Log in to the target UNIX system.
  2. Create a silent.xml file that defines the configuration settings normally entered by a user during an interactive installation process, such as graphical-mode or console-mode installation. For information about creating a silent.xml file, see Creating a silent.xml File for Silent-Mode Installation.
    3. Note: Incorrect entries in the silent.xml file can cause installation failures. To help you determine the cause of a failure, we recommend that you create a log file when you start the installation.
  3. Complete the following steps as necessary.

    4. If you are installing from . . .
    Perform the following action . . .
    Web download
    Go to the directory where you downloaded the installation program.
    DVD
    1. Insert the software DVD into the DVD drive and go to the DVD directory.
    2. Navigate to the directory that contains the installation program for your platform.

  4. Launch the installation program by entering the following command:

    5. chmod a+x filename
    ./<filename.bin> -mode=silent -silent_xml=/<path_to_silent.xml>

    Here, filename.bin is the name of the installation file (for example, for WebLogic Platform: platform1020_solaris32.bin), and path_to_silent.xml is the full pathname of the silent.xml template file.

    Note: You can include the -log=full_path_to_log_file option in the command line to create a verbose installation log.
    Note: For example, for WebLogic Platform, enter: platform1020_solaris32.bin -mode=silent -silent_xml=/home/silent.xml -log=/home/logs/BEA_install.log
    Note: For more information, see Generating a Verbose Installation Log.

    A BEA Installer window is displayed, indicating that the files are being extracted. No other prompt or text is displayed.

For more information, see Running the Installation Program in Silent Mode.

Using Installers with Filenames Ending in .jar

The following sections describe how to start the installation program on UNIX platforms using filenames that end in .jar:

Starting the Installation Program in Graphical-Mode

To start the installation program in graphical-mode for installation files with names ending in .jar, follow these steps:

  1. Log in to the target UNIX system.
  2. Add the bin directory of the appropriate JDK to the beginning of the PATH variable definition on the target system.

    3. For example: PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
    export PATH

    Here JAVA_HOME represents the full path to the JDK directory.

  3. Go to the directory where you downloaded the installation program.
  4. Launch the installation program by entering the following command:

    5. java -jar server<version>_generic.jar

    Note: You can include the -log=full_path_to_log_file option in the command line to create a verbose installation log.
    Note: For example: server<version>_generic.jar -log=/home/logs/BEA_install.log
    Note: For more information, see Generating a Verbose Installation Log.

    The installation program begins to install the software.

  5. Proceed to Running the Installation Program in Graphical Mode.

Starting the Installation Program in Console-Mode

To start the installation program in console-mode for installation files with names ending in .jar, follow these steps:

  1. Log in to the target UNIX system.
  2. Add the bin directory of the appropriate JDK to the beginning of the PATH variable definition on the target system. For example:

    3. PATH=JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
    export PATH

    Here, JAVA_HOME represents the full path to the JDK directory.

  3. Go to the directory where you downloaded the installation program.
  4. Launch the installation by entering the following command:

    5. java -jar <filename.jar> -mode=console

    Here, filename.jar is the name of the BEA Products installation file, for example, server<version>_generic.jar.

    Note: You can also include the -log=full_path_to_log_file option in the command line to create a verbose installation log. For example:
    Note: java -jar server<version>_generic.jar -mode=console
       -log=/home/logs/BEA_install.log
    Note: For more information, see Generating a Verbose Installation Log.
  5. Proceed to Running the Installation Program in Console Mode.

Starting the Installation program in Silent-Mode

For details about silent-mode installation, see What Is Silent-Mode Installation?.

To start the installation program in silent-mode for installation files with names ending in .jar, follow these steps:

  1. Log in to the target UNIX system.
  2. Create a silent.xml file that defines the configuration settings normally entered by a user during an interactive installation process, such as graphical-mode or console-mode installation. For information about creating a silent.xml file, see Creating a silent.xml File for Silent-Mode Installation.
    3. Note: Incorrect entries in the silent.xml file can cause installation failures. To help you determine the cause of a failure, we recommend that you create a log file when you start the installation.
  3. Add the bin directory of the appropriate JDK to the beginning of the PATH variable definition on the target system. For example:

    4. PATH=JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
    export PATH

    Here, JAVA_HOME is the full path of the JDK directory.

  4. Go to the directory that contains the installation file.
  5. Launch the installation by entering the following command:

    6. java -jar <filename.jar> -mode=silent
    -silent_xml=/    path_to_silent.xml

    Here, filename.jar is the name of the BEA Products installation file (for example, serverXXX_generic.jar, where XXX represents the version number of the software you are installing) and path_to_silent.xml is the full path to the silent.xml file.

    Note: You can include the -log=full_path_to_log_file option in the command line to create a verbose installation log.
    Note: For example: server<version>_generic.jar -mode=silent -silent_xml=/home/silent.xml -log=/home/logs/BEA_install.log
    Note: For more information, see Generating a Verbose Installation Log.

    A BEA Installer window is displayed, indicating that the files are being extracted.

For more information, see Running the Installation Program in Silent Mode.

 

What’s Next?

For details about running the installation program, see one of the following, depending on your selected installation mode:


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